Psychological and Social Factors as Predictors of Medical Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9101912 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John P Kirscht (Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Marshall H Becker (0000-0002-0168-1499, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), John P Eveland |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 422-431 |
| Publication date | 1976-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197605000-00004 |
| PMID | 1271882 |
| OpenAlex | W2003350567 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 9 |
Response to illness was studied in a group of 251 low-income mothers who brought a child to a pediatric clinic for treatment. Measures of illness and use of medical care services for the child constituted the dependent variables; social characteristics of the mother, and her health beliefs and attitudes served as the independent variables. The information was collected by means of personal interviews. A major determinant of seeking care was the presence of symptoms in the child. Age, number of children, beliefs about illness threat, and about the benefits of medical care also related to obtaining care. A measure of the scope of services used, however, was unrelated to illness, but positively related to both education and the mother's evaluation of physicians. With illness taken into account, situational barriers plus beliefs concerning illness threat and the efficacy of care become more important predictors of utilization of care. The beliefs are related to the mother's experience, education, and life situation. It was concluded that health beliefs interact with situational demands and constraints in relation to actions taken in the face of health threats
Health care · Illness severity · Medical care · Psychiatry · Severity of illness · Situational ethics · Child and Adolescent Health · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
Factors Affecting Children??s Use of Physician Services in a Prepaid Group Practice
Family Structure and Children??s Use of Ambulatory Physician Services
Maternal Employment and Use of Pediatric Clinic Services
Health Belief Model Intervention to Increase Compliance With Emergency Department Patients
Do Postcard Reminders Improve Influenza Vaccination Compliance
Factors Influencing Health Service Knowledge among the Elderly
Factors That Influence Personal Perceptions of the Risk of an Acute Myocardial Infarction
Spatial filtering using a raster geographic information system
Psychosocial Determinants of Health Care Intentions
The elderly and their doctors
The health belief model and utilization of ambulatory care services
Everyday illness behavior
Who sees the doctor? a study of urban black adolescents
The elderly and their doctors
The health belief model and utilization of ambulatory care services
Who sees the doctor? A study of urban black adolescents
Everyday illness behavior
Health care attitudes and experiences during gynecologic care among lesbians and bisexuals
Children’s Health Care Use
Skepticism Toward Medical Care and Health Care Utilization
An analytic typology of disclaimers, excuses and justifications surrounding illness
The Health Belief Model and Preventive Health Behavior
Medical care of school children
Attitudes versus Actions
Measuring the Urban Poorʼs Use of Physiciansʼ Services in Response to Illness Episodes
Factors Related to the Use of Health Services
Sociobehavioral Determinants of Compliance with Health and Medical Care Recommendations
Attitudes are alive and well and gainfully employed in the sphere of action
Attitudinal and normative variables as predictors of specific behavior
Behavioral Support for Opinion Change
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2002 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |